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I Can Hear and Talk (I-Chat) As Asean Sign Language Computer Application for Hearing Impaired ISSN:2321-1156 International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science(IJIRTS) I CAN HEAR AND TALK (I-CHAT) AS ASEAN SIGN LANGUAGE COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR HEARING IMPAIRED Roessobiyatno, Researcher; Andreas Widiasmono Yanuardi, Senior Expert; Bilpen Nainggolan, Coordinator Group of Researcher PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia even excluded from using it because of lack of support for ASEAN Sign Language Computer Applica- Abstract : simple interactive text communication, for example. tion for the Hearing Impaired, named I Can Hear and Talk (i-CHAT) is a computer based application which is designed The survey of PUSDATIN in 2010 shows that the popula- to assist people, especially children with hearing impaired tion of disable in Indonesia, in line with WHO calculation problem to master their linguistic capability. The first phase estimated that 10% of Indonesian population (24 millions) is Indonesian & Malaysian (Melayu) Sign Language. This are people with disabilities. We can see the complete data in application leads the user to learn Indonesian & Malaysia the following table: Sign Language and how to arrange affirmative sentences. The establishment of this application is expected to be bene- Table 1. Disable People Population in Indonesia ficial for the Hearing Impaired community, students and teachers of School for Children with Special Needs and also Category Persons useful for their parents, teacher and relatives. The purpose of Visual Impaired 3,474,035 this study is to make an alternative method of learning sign language using computer application. Physical Impaired 3,010,830 Hearing Impaired 2,574,626 Introduction Mental Impaired 1,389,614 ASEAN Sign Language Computer Application for the Chronic Impaired 1,158,012 Hearing Impaired, named I Can Hear and Talk (i-CHAT) is a computer based application which is designed to assist Total 11,580,117 people, especially children with hearing impaired problem to master their linguistic capability. The first phase is Indone- To break down barriers faced by disabled persons in area, sian & Malaysian (Melayu) Sign Language. This application this project has begun with initiatives to take initial step to leads the user to learn Indonesian & Malaysia Sign Lan- promote accessibility & information by using the latest ICT guage and how to arrange affirmative sentences. The estab- technology (Web2.0, Open Source, Android Package and lishment of this application is expected to be beneficial for others), especially for people who are visually or hearing the Hearing Impaired community, students and teachers of impaired. School for Children with Special Needs and also useful for their parents, teacher and relatives. The purpose of this study There was collaboration and a preliminary discussion is to make an alternative methods of learning sign language among team members and all agree to have a research in this using computer application.We ask authors to follow these topic in order to provide a significant contribution in remov- guidelines and make the paper look exactly like this docu- ing barriers in access to information and communication ment. The easiest way to do this is simply to download this gradually. And all researchers are ready to work in accord- template and replace the content with the text of your manu- ance with their professional competencies (ICT, Healthcare, script. Networking, Software Development, Teachers and Students). As ICT products have developed into the many boxes, they have evolved from luxury gadgets for the few into es- sential tools for everyone who wants to participate to the Problem Analysis fullest extent in our Information Society. Nevertheless, be- cause not all potential user groups were considered while There are some factors why the hearing impaired, espe- developing this technology and the services that are based on cially children with hearing impaired must get a special it, a considerable number of people are disadvantaged or treatment: 36 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE | VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1, JANUARY2016 ISSN:2321-1156 International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science(IJIRTS) Due to their hearing impairment, children with hear- cation team will be responsible to cover the expenses in- ing impaired are not able to experience their early curred from the maintenance. stage language acquisition period (babbling period), The hearing impaired children are unable to develop Indonesia and Malaysia are selected as the languages that their language capability, and used as development of i-CHAT Application. This is be- This will lead to another problem for their communi- cause the structure of Indonesian and Malaysia (Malay) is cation, learning process or education. almost the same. But, nonetheless, the rules of sign language used by both countries are different. Hearing loss will give significant impact to the whole de- velopment of children, particularly to their cognitive func- Both Indonesia and Malaysia have two rules of sign lan- tion development. A lot of efforts have been made to under- guage used by the public. In Indonesia there are SIBI (Indo- stand how the Hearing Impaired children think and compre- nesian Broadcasting System) which is generally used for hend something in relation to their cognitive function. educational purposes, while BISINDO (Indonesian Sign Vygotsky (1962) stated that language and thinking are inter- Language) is generally used in the community. related and influence each other. Thinking and language at the early stage are separated and developed parallel until Actually, every region in Indonesia has its own sign lan- children reach the age of 2 years. In this period, thinking and guage that is very different. They have difficulty understand- language becoming integral and influencing each other, later ing the different sign languages. Therefore, the idea to make language can be used to think and what they are thinking can Indonesian sign language, which is abbreviated BISINDO. be reflected through their language. BISINDO expected to be a national sign language as the same as Indonesian in general. BISINDO also has its own The scope of the problem is regional in nature due to the grammar. similar language among the Southeast Asia countries. And the team has already recognized that Indonesia, Malaysia, BISINDO is still new and less known to the public at Brunei and Singapore actually have similar syntaxes. There- large. People are already familiar with SIBI (Indonesian fore, it is possible to address the problem at the regional lev- Broadcasting System). SIBI is engineered systems and the el provided the required resources are available. However, creation of a normal person, instead of people with hearing this project will cope first at providing the application to impaired. As a result, the communities of people with hear- Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore, but it is very ing impaired are confused and could not figure out that there much possible to extend the scope to the regional level. are differences between their natural sign language with the SIBI. Until now still going controversy between the origina- Within this project we plan to invite several ASEAN tors SIBI with the community of people with hearing im- countries which are exposed to Indonesian-Malaysia-Brunei- paired in Indonesia. Singapore Sign Language Computer Application for The Hearing Impaired. We propose to involve relevant institu- People with hearing impaired decided that SIBI only used tions from those countries such as Extraordinary School and for school because of a gesture is not a genuine product of University teachers and practioner. them. This can be seen many people with hearing impaired still wearing their original sign language. BISINDO is a The establishment of this application is expected to be communication system that is practical and effective for the beneficial for the Hearing Impaired community and teachers community of people with hearing impaired in Indonesia of School for Children with Special Needs and also useful being developed by their own. BISINDO used to communi- for their parents, teacher and relatives. cate between individuals as equal as is the case with Indone- sian in general. Indonesian government has formed a cross institutions team to build a Sign Language Computer Application for the With BISINDO, they can express their thoughts and feel- Hearing Impaired. This team comprises individuals from ings freely and express themselves as human beings a digni- TELKOM R&D Center, DG POSTEL, Universitas fied Indonesian citizen in accordance with the philosophy of Pendidikan Indonesia, and School for Children with Special life and human rights. Needs in Bandung, Jakarta and Surabaya. BISINDO developed and disseminated through the organ- ization container Gerkatin (Movement for the Welfare of the The post implementation operational cost for this system People with Hearing Impaired in Indonesia). At this time is relatively small for equipment maintenance therefore in BISINDO center is reviewing the standard formulation, the long run the Indonesian government represented by In- preparation BISINDO dictionaries and textbooks BISINDO. donesian-Malaysia-Brunei-Singapore Sign Language Appli- 37 I CAN HEAR AND TALK (I-CHAT) AS ASEAN SIGN LANGUANGE COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR HEARING IMPAIRED ISSN:2321-1156 International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science(IJIRTS) Similarly with Indonesia, in Malaysia also applies two dif- At the landing page, to acces i-CHAT Indonesia, simply ferent rules of sign language, Kod Hand Malay (Kod Tangan click Indonesian Flag, and to access i-CHAT Malaysia click Bahasa Melayu in Malay) and Malaysian Sign Language Malaysia Flag. At this page we can also access several (BIM). KTBM sign language is formally used by students at information such as introduction of i-CHAT, Forum, and schools. photo gallery. KTBM is a sign language that follows the rules of the Ma- lay language. Therefore, KTBM used in the process of teaching and learning. Meanwhile, Malaysian Sign Language (BIM) is the sign language used by the community in Malaysia for daily life. BIM is a sign language rules that do not stress the structure of Malay.
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